March 11, 2026
Silicon Valley Goes to War
As reports emerge of AI-powered weapons systems deployed in strikes on Iran, Dr. Sarah Shoker, Senior Research Scholar at UC Berkeley, and Paul Scharre, Executive Vice President of the Center for a New American Security joined The Weekly Show. Together, they examine how autonomous weapons and artificial intelligence are being integrated into military operations, investigate the relationships between Silicon Valley AI companies and the Pentagon, and explore if regulation is possible amid an accelerating arms race.
Listen to the full interview on The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart.
More from CNAS
-
Reports
Technology & National Security
Red LinesExecutive Summary Chinese advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems pose a serious and growing threat to U.S. national security. At least seven Chinese developers now prod...
By Daniel Remler
-
Commentary
Technology & National Security
Britain Should Be Europe’s Silicon Valley. One Thing Is Stopping It.At the heart of the country’s economic struggles is a central weakness that must be fixed: risk aversion. This is not a cultural problem, as is often implied, but institutiona...
By Keegan McBride
-
Podcast
Defense / Technology & National Security
AI on the Battlefield: Project Maven and the Future of War with Jack ShanahanProject Maven stands as one of the earliest and most consequential efforts to bring AI into military operations. This week, Elisa sits down with Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, former...
By Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
-
Reports
Technology & National Security
Adversarial DistillationI. Introduction: The National Security Threat of Adversarial Distillation The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) views artificial intelligence (AI) as central to strategic competit...
By Daniel Remler & Ben Hayum
